Portugal, Kingdom. An Order Of Agricultural Merit, I Class Grand Cross Star, C.1900 Archive bronze gilt shield/linden leaves/crossed swords

bronze gilt shield/linden leaves/crossed swords clasp on its original ribbon

Constituting a series of civil wars

in Gothic style script “Geschwader Boelcke”

the obverse with a leftward-facing profile of Minerva clutching a sword

Portugal, Kingdom. An Order Of Agricultural Merit, I Class Grand Cross Star, C.1900 Archive bronze gilt shield/linden leaves/crossed swords(Ordem do Mrito Agrcola). Instituted in 1893. Type I (1893 1910). Insignia in silver gilt with white and green enamels, with seven stars in silver gilt and green enamels placed between the star points on the insignia, surmounted by a crown in silver with seven alternating red and green enamelled jewels in its base, mounted to a silver nine pointed star base, each star point with five emanating rays, with a single emanating ray between each star point,